co-uncle
co-uncle noun: of a man, an uncle of one's niece or nephew who is not one's brother; a co-brother-in-law as common uncle to the children of two men's married siblings.
Noun
co-uncle (plural co-uncles)
- of a man, an uncle of one's niece or nephew who is not one's brother; a co-brother-in-law as common uncle to the children of two men's married siblings.
- Cicero continued however to write anxiously to Atticus, his co-uncle, about the young man's remarkable gifts and unsatisfactory character.
[Cicero's younger brother married Atticus's sister, and the couple had a son Quintus; Cicero and Atticus were thus co-uncles to Quintus, the nephew they had in...1975, Elizabeth Rawson, Cicero: a portrait, page 195
- Cicero continued however to write anxiously to Atticus, his co-uncle, about the young man's remarkable gifts and unsatisfactory character.
- a man's brother, as uncle in common to the children of a third sibling
- My nephew came up for the summer with my brother and co-uncle George.
Synonyms of co-uncle
Forms of co-uncle
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Origin of co-uncle
* co- + uncle
Questions about co-uncle
- What does co-uncle mean?
- Co-uncle means of a man, an uncle of one's niece or nephew who is not one's brother; a co-brother-in-law as common uncle to the children of two men's married siblings.
- What part of speech is co-uncle?
- Co-uncle is a noun.
- What is the plural of co-uncle?
- The plural of co-uncle is co-uncles.
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